Nashua, p-t., Hillsboro' co., N. H., 12 n. w. Lowell, 36 s. by e. Concord, 447 W. It is situated on the w. side of Merrimac r. It is level on the e., and uneven on the w. The soil is fertile.
Watered by Nashua r. The v. is situated on the n. side of Nashua r., near its entrance into the Merrimac, and contains 8 churches, 50 stores, and many elegant dwellings. The r. falls 65
feet in 2 ms., and produces an extensive water power, and here are large cotton factories. There are in the t. 50 stores, cap. $129,706; 5 cotton fac. 34,348 sp., 1 tannery, 1 pottery, 2
printing offices, 2 weekly newspapers, 3 saw m. Cap. in manufac. $1,294,500. 1 acad. 214 students, 36 sch. 1,476 scholars. Pop. 6,054.

Nashville, p-v., capital of Brown co., Ia., 54 s. Indianapolis, 599 W. Situated on the n. side of Salt cr. It contains a court house and several dwellings.

Nashville, p-v., capital of Washington co., Ill., 118 s. by e. Springfield, 793 W. Situated on an elevated and beautiful prairie, at the head of Little Crooked cr., and contains a court house, 3 stores, a steam saw m., and about 20 dwellings.

Natchez, city, and capital of Adams co., Miss., 100 s. w. Jackson, 1,110 W. It is situated on the e. bank of the Mississippi r., mostly on a bluff, elevated 150 feet above the level of the river, 155 ms. from New Orleans by land, and 292 by
the course of the river. A part of the place is built on the margin of the r. It is laid out in the form of a parallelogram, with streets intersecting each other at right angles, but the site is very uneven. Some of the houses are elegant, but they are mostly of wood, and only one story high. Almost every house has a piazza and a balcony, and many of them have gardens finely
ornamented with shrubbery, and stored with fruit. It has a court house, jail, 4 churches--1 Presbyterian, 1 Episcopal, 1 Methodist, and 1 Bethel for boatmen--3 banks, 1 academy, 1 female seminary, an hopsital, orphan asylum, masonic hall, theatre, 2 steam oil mills for manufacturing oil from cotton seed, and 4,800 inhabitants. Three miles from the city is a race-course. The country around contains excellent cotton lands,
and this place is a great cotton mart, and has an extensive and an increasing trade.

Natchaug, r., Ct., rises in Union and Woodstock, and enters Shetucket r., of which it is the
largest branch, on the line of Chaplin and Mansfield.

Natchitoches, (pronounced Nakitosh,) p-v., capital of Natchitoches par., La., 368 n. w. by w. New Orleans, 1,287 W. It is situated on the w. side of Red r., 200 ms. above its junction with the Mississippi r., at the foot of a bluff, and is built chiefly on one street. It contains a court house, jail, a Roman Catholic church, and a United States military post, 2 printing offices, issuing 2 weekly newspapers, and about 2,000 inhabitants. It has considerable trade. It was settled by the French in 1717, and half the present inhabitants are of French descent.

Natick, p-t., Middlesex co., Mass., 17 w. s. w. Boston, 423 W. Incorporated in 1781. Watered by Charles r., and contains numerous fish ponds. It has 2 villages. The n. village contains
1 Congregational and 1 Methodist church, and about 30 dwellings. The s. village is the oldest, and contains a Unitarian church and 20 dwellings. The Boston and Worcester railroad passes through it. The first Indian church in New England was formed here, by the Rev. Mr. Elliott, the apostle of the Indians, in 1660, and an Indian village was formed, consisting of 2 long
streets, on the Boston side of the r., and 1 on the other, with a foot bridge across the r., and the place flourished under a succession of native and English teachers. It is now nearly extinct. There are in the t. 3 stores, cap. $5,500; 2 grist
m., 6 saw m. Cap. in manufac. $38,800. 1 acad. 30 students, 6 schools, 309 scholars. Population 1,285.

Natural Bridge, p-o., Rockbridge co., Va., 156 w. Richmond. Situated in the s. w. part of the county, near the Natural Bridge, one of the greatest curiosities in the United States. This bridge consists of a stupendous arch of limestone rock, over a chasm 50 feet wide at its base, and 90 feet at top. The height of the bridge above the stream to the top, is 215 feet; its average width is 80 feet; its extreme length at top is 93
feet, and its thickness, from its under to its upper side, is 55 feet. It is covered to the depth of from 4 to 6 feet with clayey earth, with a natural parapet, of rocks on the sides, rendered firm by trees and shrubbery. The view from above, to those who dare to take it, is awfully grand; but the best view is obtained from beneath, where the astonished spectator has a full view of this sublime work of nature. Cedar cr., which flows under the bridge, is a small and unimportant stream. This bridge is of important use, as it constitutes a safe and convenient passage across this great chasm, not otherwise possible for some miles above or below.

Natural Canal, N. Y., connects the waters of Oswegatchie and Grass rivers. It is 6 miles long, and from 10 to 20 rods wide, very straight, and navigable, at high water, for boats of 10 tons burden.

Nauvoo, city, Hancock co., Ill., 124 n. w. Springfield, 891 W. It is situated on the e. bank of the Mississippi r., which is here about 2 miles wide, and where is a good steamboat landing.
In consequence of a curve in the r., it bounds the place on the n. w. and s. It is 181 ms. above the mouth of Illinois r., and the city limits include a space 4 miles long, and 3 wide, at its greatest width, covered with streest of ample width, and crossing each other at right angles. Its buildings, at the end of three years from the time of its establishment, amount to 1,000, consisting chiefly of whitewashed log cabins, with some frame and brick houses. Its public buildings are the "Nauvoo House," a spacious hotel, fronting on 2 streets, 120 feet on each, 40 feet wide, and 3 stories high above the basement. In this building Joe Smith, the pretended prophet and leader of these "Latter-day Saints," is provided with a suite of rooms. The Nauvoo Temple, not yet entirely completed, will be 130 feet long, and 100 feet wide. In the basement is a baptistry or brazen sea, supported on 12 gilded oxen, the model of which is derived from the brazen sea of Solomon. Their property is held as private; but a large farm, without the city, is occupied and cultivated in common. The Nauvoo Legion consists of from 2 to 3,000 men, armed and disciplined. They have a University, which contains a president, a professor of mathematics and English literature, a professor of the learned languages, and a professor of church history. The population
amounts to 7,000, within the city limits, a large number of whom are from England, besides about 3,000 who belong to the fraternity, in the vicinity. The city is divided into 4 wards, and has a mayor, and, from each of the wards, 2 aldermen, 4 common councilmen, and a constable.

Neewaygon, county, Mich. Situated in the w. part of the southern peninsula, and contains 864 square miles. Drained by Notipekago and White rivers. Maskegon r. passes across the southern part of the co. It is unorganized.

Negwegon, county, Mich. Situated in the n. e. part of the state, and contains 660 sq. miles. Drained by Au Sable r. and branches, on the s., and branches of Thunder Bay river on the n. It is unorganized.

Neosho, r., Indian ter., rises in the dividing ridge between the Arkansas and Kansas rivers, runs 240 ms. s. e. and s. through the Osage and Cherokee lands, and enters the Arkansas 3 or 4 ms. s. of Fort Gibson.

Nescopeck, p-t., Luzerne co., Pa., 98 n. e. Harrisburg, 208 W. The surface is uneven, with some good bottom land on the streams. Watered by Big and Little Wapwallopen and Nescopeck creeks. The v. is situated at the entrance of Nescopeck cr. into the Susquehanna r. It contains several stores, and about 30 dwellings. A bridge 1,256 feet long, and roofed, which cost $31,000, here crosses the Susquehanna. There are in the t. 2 stores, cap. $9,200; 1 forge, 2 flouring m., 6 saw m. Cap. in manufac. $6,100. 6 sch. 265 scholars. Pop. 1,370.

Neshaminy, r., Pa., rises in Hilltown t., Bucks co., and by a winding course of
35 ms., flows into Delaware r., 3 ms. below Bristol. It is
crossed by several fine bridges, and the one nearest its mouth
on the road to New York, is a toll and a draw bridge.

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